The Basic Facts About HOS

Property carrying vehicles

1. You can only drive for 11 hours.
2. You can’t drive after being on duty for 14 hours.
3. You have to have 10 consecutive hours off duty to reset your 14 hours on duty and 11 hours driving.
4. You can only work 60 hours in 7 days or 70 hours in 8 days (depending on which rule set your company falls under).
   1. 60 or 7 days if the company operates six days a week.
   2. 70 or 8 days if the company operates 7 days a week.
5. To reset your 60- or 70-hour clock, you need to have 34 consecutive hours off duty.
6. You have to take a 30-minute break after driving for 8 hours.
   1. If you are running oversize loads, then this is not required.
   2. Be sure to carry the exemption with you in your truck.
   3. If operating under the short-haul exemption, this is not required.
7. If your truck is newer than 2000 and you are not under an exemption, you have to use an ELD (Electronic Logging Device).
   1. Exemptions include
   2. Short-haul
   3. Stay within a 150-mile radius of where you started your day.
   4. And
   5. Returned to the same location within 14 hours of coming on duty.
   6. Your truck’s engine is 1999 or older.
   7. Hauling livestock or insects

Passenger Carrying-vehicles

1. You can only drive for 10 hours.
2. You can’t drive after being on duty for 15 hours.
3. You have to have eight consecutive hours off duty to reset your 15-hour clock.
4. You can only work 60 hours in 7 days or 70 hours in 8 days (depending on which rule set your company falls under).
   1. 60 or 7 days if the company operates six days a week.
   2. 70 or 8 days if the company operates 7 days a week.
5. If your truck is newer than 2000 and you are not under an exemption, you have to use an ELD (Electronic Logging Device).

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